The ocean was expected to draw back dramatically on Sunday night amid wild and unpredictable weather which swept over the Eastern Cape on the weekend. A huge swell of 8.3m containing massive amounts of wave energy is expected to peak on Thursday. A cut-off low-pressure cell south of Cape Town was the cause of the rain and wind, but the warning of a “negative” sea surge was a new addition to the disaster warnings.
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Kozhikode: People carry belongings as they move away from the sea shore, after a red alert due to the formation of Cyclone Tauktae, at Baypore in Kozhikode, Friday, May 14, 2021.
The low-pressure area over the Arabian Sea near Lakshwadeep has intensified into a deep depression, said the Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday. According to the IMD, this depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours. Deep Depression intensified into a Cyclonic Storm Tauktae (pronounced as Tau Te) over Lakshadweep area and adjoining southeast and the east-central the Arabian Sea: Cyclone watch for south Gujarat and Diu coasts , informed IMD in a tweet.